I am confused and would appreciate any views / thoughts on the following.
Should an employee expect any level of privacy in their working environment?
Partly I beleive Yes, that employers should only monitor "traffic" of
emails/telephone calls etc ,opening them only if they have reason to
suspect illegal activity or abuse of policy.
However I am also looking at it from the employers business perspective.
Should an employer not expect a right to open any communication including
letters marked "private/personal or confidential", my reasoning being they
could contain tenders or other important business information. They may
even contain confidential secrets which an employee is releasing to a third
party but attempting to hide the fact by classifying the item personal/
private etc.
Which argument stands?
Moira
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